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I bought me a box of Turbana Baby Bananas for the first time at a super great price, but am curious of the texture they should be when ripe. Currently, they all have light black spots (the reason I got them at a great price), and some are even falling right off the bunch when you pick them up. I eat standard US store-bought cavadesh bananas on the regular (about 20-30 a day), and I like them littered with spots so they are super sweet, but the consistency I'm seeing inside the baby bananas is not at all similar to that of cavadesh when at a similar ripening stage. Although they have quite a few spots, the baby bananas are still very firm, especially near the core. Also, the peel comes off without splitting (and by this I mean what would happen if you peeled an unripe banana), but it seems to "stick" to the actual flesh of the banana. The taste I'm getting isn't that of an unripe banana, but it's really not sweet like a ripe banana. I can't really describe the exact taste I'm getting.

Are these are supposed to taste as sweet as a ripened cavadesh, or more mild?

Is the consistency supposed to be firm or softer like a ripened cavadesh?

Are these simply just not ripe enough for my sweet tooth yet?


I doubt this plays a huge part, but something that may be worth noting is that I usually only eat organic cavadesh bananas, and the Turbana Baby Bananas are obviously not organic. Perhaps I'm used to the more subtle, natural taste and sweetness of organic cavadesh, so much that the baby banana flavor just seems foreign?